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Toshiba Unveils 367ppi LCD : Perfect For Hi-Res iPhone 5

Japanese manufacturer Toshiba showed off a new range of LCD screens for smartphones that have a pixel density of 367ppi, much higher than the iPhone 4′s 326ppi and ideal should Apple decide to up the screen size of the iPhone 5 to 4 inches. At this size, Toshiba is able...

Laptops Morph To Netbooks at CES ‘09 :: Symblogogy

"Intel’s Classmate PC Tablet PC, uh, I mean Netbook, is a better Netbook than most because it shows some design considerations that make sense for the small form factor. Image Credit Intel Laptops Morph To...

Netbooks Account for 1 in Every 7 Computer Searches

Netbooks are all the rage this Xmas. " Whilst the computer market as a whole is predicted to weaken over the coming months, Netbooks themselves are expected to continue to fly off the shelves as Christmas gifts,...

Google's Android Gains More Powerful Followers

"Today is a dark day for Nokia and Microsoft: Telco Vodafone, equipment maker Ericsson and handset maker Sony Ericsson have joined Google’s camp in making rival cell-phone software. Today,...

Sony recalls 100,000 batteries

100,000 Sony Lithium-Ion batteries that are used in Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Dell notebook computers are being recalled, with a prediction that about 35,000 of these batteries came from the US."Some details...

Toshiba Mulls Buying SanDisk Gear In Chip Venture..

The Times of India Oct 21 2008TOKYO: Japan's Toshiba Corp is considering buying partner SanDisk Corp's share of equipment at the two firms' joint memory chip venture to...

Toshiba Portege R500-S5007V: The lightest laptop in the world

"Toshiba Corporation (TYO:6502) is one of the leading laptop producers in the world. On June 16th, the company announced a new version of its PortégéR500 ultraportable. It has added a 128 GB solid-state hard drive to it Portege laptop models. The announcement comes in the...

Honest / insane retailer swaps old HD DVD for new Blu-ray gear

"Edion, the owner of several chains of electronics shops there has taken the unusual step of extending the hand of sympathy to anyone who bought an HD DVD player or recorder from it and is offering to exchange the useless machines for new Blu-ray devices [Japanese,...

Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over

"It's official. Toshiba just made a statement saying, " it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders." Cessation of the player and recorders are targeted for March 2008. Volume production of HD DVD disk drives for PCs and games will end in...

Market welcomes white flag in DVD format war

"Investors on Monday welcomed Toshiba's signals that it may abandon the HD DVD format, surrendering to rival Sony's Blu-ray in the battle to set the next standard of high-definition DVDs. Toshiba Corp. is reviewing its HD DVD business and "a complete withdrawal is one of the...

HD DVD: D-E-A-D

It looks like the format war is over: Blu-Ray remains the medium of choice for those willing to spend around six grand on television, media player and cabling equipment."Toshiba has not commented publicly, but a...

Toshiba Corp to give up HD DVD format

"According to a source from Toshiba Corp,the company is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp."

Which one is Thinnest: Toshiba Portege R500 or MacBook Air?

Toshiba has insisted Portege 500 is the world’s thinnest and lightest laptop as it is releasing new model codenamed R500-11J with the weight of 779g and thickness of 25.5mm.It comes with 64 GB SSD, no DVD burner, and 3G. R500-11J is the best rival of MacBook Air.

HD DVDs Fall Like Dominoes

The HD war is over? It looks like as more has turned from HD DVD to Blu-ray. Is this the end of the competition between HD DVD an Blu-ray. Probably not, as a lot of hardware is already out to play HD DVDs even in...

Paramount denies Blu-Ray defection

"US newspapers are claiming that Paramount has a clause in its HD-DVD exclusivity contract that allows it to withdraw if Warner drops its support of the format.[...] Paramount spokesperson Brenda Ciccone told the news agency that “Paramount’s current plan is to continue...
 

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